Ezekiel 43:9 “Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral off…”

Ezekiel 43:9

Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

World English Bible

Now let them put away their prostitution, and the dead bodies of their kings far from me. Then I will dwell among them forever.

American Standard Version

Now let them put away their whoredom, and the dead bodies of their kings, far from me; and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Geneva Bible 1599

Now therefore let them put away their fornication, and the carkeises of their Kings farre from me, and I will dwell among them for euer.

Darby Translation

Now let them put away their fornication, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

Now do they put far off their whoredom, And the carcases of their kings — from Me, And I have dwelt in their midst to the age.

Bible in Basic English

Now let them put their loose ways and the dead bodies of their kings far from me, and I will be among them for ever.

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Cross references

“Now let”

Colossians 3:5–9 Hosea 2:2 Ezekiel 18:30 Ezekiel 18:31

Colossians 3:5–9 · BSB

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Hosea 2:2 · BSB

Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

Ezekiel 18:30 · BSB

Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.

Ezekiel 18:31 · BSB

Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

“the carcases”

Ezekiel 43:7 Ezekiel 37:23

Ezekiel 43:7 · BSB

and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither the…

Ezekiel 37:23 · BSB

They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will b…

“and I”

Ezekiel 37:26–28 2 Corinthians 6:16

Ezekiel 37:26–28 · BSB

And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever.

2 Corinthians 6:16 · BSB

What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.

10As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,

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